Archive - August 2012

Right after the UFC 150 pay-per-view ended, UFC President Dana White led the post-fight press conference with the main card fighters also attending.
The press conference started with questions on how the judges scored the main event, with Dana White refusing to personally say who he thought won the fight, saying he’s not a judge.
Just over...

Donald Cerrone returned home to Colorado and will be leaving with an extra $120,000. Cerrone and Melvin Guillard went all out for 76 seconds. Cerrone came out aggressive and was knock down and took a knee to the face before he landed the shin to the top of The Young Assassin’s head.
As Guillard did everything he could to stay upright on two...

Benson Henderson went thru an ultra close five round fight tonight against Frankie Edgar and when the judges scores were counted, he ended up winning by split decision. This was his first title defense since he took the belt back in February from Edgar.
The first judge scored the fight in favor of Frankie four rounds to one. Both of the other two...

Tonight from the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO the UFC returns to where it all started. Denver was the site for the very first two UFC events. Tonight the former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar faces off with the current champion Benson Henderson, the man to take the 155 pound crown from Edgar in their last fight.
The co-main event will feature...

Ivelisse Velez, the former Tough Enough contestant who recently was wrestling under the name of Sofia Cortez in NXT, was released from her developmental contract.
“I, as well, have been released by WWE,” Velez wrote on her Twitter account.
The Puerto Rican native was eliminated from the Tough Enough competition due to an injury but was...

Las Vegas, Nevada – The fighters have weighed in for tomorrow’s UFC 150 card at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, but the x-factor in each of the 10 fights is how will the fighters react to fighting at the Mile High City’s infamous altitude. Denver stands at 5280 feet (or 1609.344 meters) above sea level and the oxygen...

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WWE has confirmed the locations for the events surrounding the WrestleMania 29 weekend which is being marketed as taking place in both New York and New Jersey.
Axxess, the four day fan interaction event, will be held at the IZOD Center in New Jersey from Thursday, April 4, till Sunday April 7. The Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, April 6, will...

Shawn Michaels has been added to the upcoming Monday Night RAW which will be airing from Dallas, Texas, to continue his angle for his SummerSlam appearance.
During the past RAW, which was billed as the Shawn Michaels Appreciation Night, HBK announced that he would be at SummerSlam in Triple H’s corner. When Lesnar hit the ring, he said he...

NBC issued a press release yesterday announcing that for the fourth consecutive year, a WrestleMania special will be coming network television.
The one hour WrestleMania 28: Rock vs Cena show will be airing on Saturday, August 25 at 9PM ET on NBC. Rock vs Cena will chronicle the yearlong journey to this epic match including exclusive...

WWE has released Brian Jossie, who wrestling fans know better as Abraham Washington, effective immediately, most likely thanks to his comment on RAW a few weeks ago which WWE had to apologize for on the air following the first commercial break.
A few weeks ago on RAW, as Titus O’Neil was beating on Kingston, A.W., claimed on his microphone...

After unveiling her 2010 tax returns to the Associated Press a few weeks ago, Linda McMahon released the 2011 tax returns for her family after continued pressure from her opponents.
In 2011, Vince and Linda McMahon earned a total of $24.1 million, and while that’s quite a lot, it’s a $6 million drop from their 2010 earnings. There will...

WWE announced the hiring of Perkins Miller as the new Executive Vice President, Digital Media, who will be in charge of overseeing the development of strategic plans and initiatives across all of WWE’s digital and social channels on a global basis. He will report directly to WWE Executive Vice President of Creative, Stephanie McMahon.
Prior...

The first commercial for the Wedding: Impossible special show on The Food Network featuring TNA Knockout Gail Kim has made it online.
Kim married Food Network’s chef Robert Irvine this past May and the whole ceremony and party were filmed for this special. The show airs on August 18 at 10PM ET.
You can see the thirty second commercial below.

Strikeforce champ Ronda Rousey was on Conan yesterday to promote her upcoming fight against Sarah Kaufman on August 18 on Showtime and her All Access episode.
During her appearance, Rousey talked about her ESPN Body Issue cover and pictorial, where she appears naked in the magazine, the arm bar which has so far won her eight fights including the...

After a long trip, the Smackdown brand has landed in the far east for a four day tour that will take them to Japan and China.
The first two shows will be held in Japan, both at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, tonight and tomorrow and then it’s off to Shanghai, China, on August 11 for a show at the Oriental Sports Center, before going to...

The Los Angeles Times has revealed in an article today that the CW Network is launching a five hour block of original children’s programming called Vortexx which which will be headlined by a thirty minute WWE show titled WWE Saturday Morning Slam.
The new show makes its debut on August 25 and it will be the first time that WWE returns on the...

The Food Network will feature the wedding of their resident chef Robert Irvine to TNA Knockout Gail Kim on an episode of Wedding Impossible on August 18 at 10PM ET. The show is a special from his current shows Restaurant: Impossible and Dinner: Impossible.
“When he’s not rescuing a restaurant, Restaurant: Impossible’s host Robert...

TNA has relaunched their video-on-demand website at TNAOnDemand.com, keeping the price of $3.95 per month.
The subscription entitles fans to watch the complete archive of TNA pay-per-views and DVD releases as well as shows dating back to the start of the company from 2002. Live pay-per-views are not part of the package and require an additional...

Ronda Rousey is the face right now of women’s MMA as the current Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion. The World and Olympic judo medalist has gone from fighting on Strikeforce’s Challenger series to winning the belt and is now on the cover of ESPN’s Body Issue and making numerous television appearances. You can tune...